TRIGGER WARNING:  Some of the images and videos below are GRAPHIC, and of course the episode deals with suicide entirely.

Dr. Rob joins Kevin, Toren, and Joe to talk about the act of taking your own life: suicide. We’ll discuss the Werther effect, suicide statistics, methods and their consequences, Cato the Minor’s intestinal fortitude, seppuku, Budd Dwyer’s on-air suicide, Dr. Kevorkian’s “Thanatron”, the “Deliverance Machine”, plus news and pop culture.

Music: “Gloomy Sunday” by Billie Holiday

Links

Images

This one (incomplete gun suicide) is pretty gory so we’re hiding the thumbnail. You’ve been warned.

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO7uemm6Yo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVm88MX2Gw4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2OPV6iuk2o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Q8oM_AnK8